You are invited to the AERA/IEL Education Policy Forum Luncheon featuring Jack Buckley of American Institutes for Research. The event is on Friday, December 8th, 12-2 pm at IEL. Jack will discuss his upcoming book, Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions.

12/8/2017

When:

Friday, December 8th12:00-2:00 PM

Where:

4301 Connecticut AvenueSuite 100Washington, District of Columbia 20008United States

Jack Buckley is senior vice president at AIR. He leads AIR’s Research and Evaluation area where he oversees projects across our entire range of subject areas including education, health, and the workforce both in the United States and internationally, always with the goal expanding our knowledge about how best to improve people’s lives, particularly the disadvantaged.

Dr. Buckley has a deep background in applied statistics and education research. Before joining AIR, he helped lead the redesign of the SAT at the College Board, where he served as senior vice president of research and was responsible for all research and psychometrics across their entire range of products and services. Before that, he served as Commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). In that role he was responsible for the measurement of all aspects of U.S. education, including conducting the National Assessment of Educational Progress and coordinating U.S. participation in international assessments. While at NCES he also acted as a senior technical adviser to Department of Education leadership and co-chair of its Data Strategy team. Additionally, he served as Deputy Commissioner of NCES earlier in his career.

Required reservations may be made onlineby Tuesday, December 5thLimited available seating is assigned according to the order in which reservations are received. Fifteen dollars for the subsidized lunch will be collected at the door (cash or check only).